power plants the agency's experts examined the site of the fire and found neither the remnants of ukrainian drones, which russia claimed, nor the tires that, according to ukraine , were intentionally burned by the russians. at the same time, the report states that representatives of the iag were not given full access to all necessary places at the station. maria prus asked western experts about the probable causes of the fire and its consequences for the safety of the armed forces. the fire at one of the nuclear facilities on august 11 did not affect the... radiation situation in ukraine, according to the report of the international atomic energy agency energy industry however, although the ignition in the cooling tower occurred at a sufficiently large distance from the reactors and the fire did not spread further, the fire in general is one of the most dangerous events that can happen at a nuclear power plant, experts say. a fire can disable electrical equipment, the safety of a nuclear power plant still fundamentally depends on the availability of electricity. to power the cooling pumps

that continuously circulate water through the radioactive areas and spent fuel pools, and anything else that might damage the electrical system and distribution of electricity, the operation of these systems can undermine the ability to cool the fuel, so any time there is a fire or the possibility of a fire near a nuclear power plant, it is a cause for concern. the ukrainian authorities said that the fire was a provocation or the negligence of the russians, who have been controlling the station since march. 2022. in russia, the responsibility was placed on the ukrainian forces. however, as long as russia continues the occupation of the armed forces, it will probably not be possible to establish the causes of the fire. as with many other naz incidents, we probably we may never know the reason. the russians continue to station military personnel and equipment there, and apparently continue to occupy the station and harass its workers. crimes were committed against these workers. nuclear power plants are unjustified and

pose a threat to nuclear safety. some experts assume a connection between the fire at the military base and the advance of ukrainian forces into the kurdish regions of russia. at a time of great tension, when it seems that ukrainian troops are making significant progress in the north-east of the kursk region, russia is likely to set fire to power plant i think that's what we've all come to expect almost every day of this war, with putin threatening the west with a nuclear attack. and that's just another element of it, because the russians know, it's scaring people in ukraine and also in western europe, so it's a big concern. even if the ignition was accidental, the kremlin tried to use it for propaganda purposes. it's quite possible that there really was some, well, something, something happened there, or some fuel depots for something there, or some possible generator, they put fuel in there, and it caught fire, not on purpose. by chance, and this, and

they wrapped it all in some kind of useful information for themselves, some kind of pso. of course, russia is fundamentally to blame because they invaded and took over the station by force. efforts must be made to prevent the possibility of unintentional or intentional damage to the station's safety systems, which could potentially complicate its operation and lead to disaster. unfortunately, this... the message seems to have simply not been heard due to the incessant fighting nearby stations, which definitely means that every day something can happen that will damage the security systems. a much greater danger than a single fire at a distance from the reactors is the general decline of the station under the russian occupation, experts say. earlier, energoatom reported that the majority of qualified ukrainian specialists who know the systems at the station like no other are no longer at the zzs. also, the ukrainian authorities declare that

the occupying forces do not carry out the necessary repairs and modernization of the equipment, there remains a worn-out nuclear fuel, which requires constant cooling. this lack of specialists and this neglect of equipment is, in the long run, much more dangerous than some kind of fire, obviously, which can be extinguished there. it is further from the reactors, there are tons of radioactive substances that require a very special regime, and under the circumstances that exist now, this special regime is not observed within any framework, and it is also dangerously out of definition. experts add that the situation at the armed forces is peaceful nuclear the object is turned into a military base, and the station itself and its systems are neglected,

unprecedented, so it is simply impossible to calculate all possible scenarios of accidents with the release of radioactive substances into the environment. maria prus, oleksii osyka. voice of america. meanwhile , the us is actively discussing elon musk's interview with presidential candidate donald trump, which was released on the ex platform, formerly known as twitter. what was this conversation about and did they mention ukraine? let's talk with our journalist maria ulyanovska, who researched this topic. maria, i congratulate you. congratulations, stepa. maria, to what extent did this interview attract the attention of americans in general, and in general about... what was it about? well, first of all it should be said that this was not an interview, it was a conversation, and this was emphasized by elon musk himself, when he said that he wanted to have such an informal conversation so that people could feel the vibe, as they say donald trump, and this conversation was aimed at

undecided voters, independent voters, and it was quite complimentary, both speakers addressed each other, elon, donald, was not. questions, they agreed on almost all issues, musk sometimes even helped donald trump formulate his thoughts more precisely, and in general , the men spoke for more than two hours, and more than 1.3 million simultaneous listeners, according to the data of platform x, there were hearings in this conversations first, i also want to say that it is very important that this conversation needs really , really good fact-checking, needs checking of all the facts. that donald trump said a lot of things, and there are things that i pointed out attention, which are not there, are not entirely true, but we will leave it to the specialists, so we started with the assassination attempt on donald trump, it was after this assassination attempt that elon musk supported his candidacy in the presidential elections, he said that he

was generally proud, and his reaction donald trump inspired him to make this attempt, and musk admires donald trump's courage. trump told about what happened during this exchange. in very many details, and he also said that he was saved by the will of god, and the sign of an illegal poster about illegal migration, which he turned to point at and it was because he turned that the bullet didn't hit him as hard as it could have before we moved on to the topic of non-urgent migration and the interesting thing here was that musk was correcting donald trump, he died "falsified his theses, said that trump supposedly does not support illegal migration, but supports legal migration. trump himself said that over the past 3.5 years, 20 million illegal immigrants have arrived in america, which are, in particular, psychos with mental disorders, who are prisoners from all countries of the world, and all countries of the world allegedly have such a conspiracy against america and sending such illegal migrants to america. they also

criticized kamela harris as a border guard, he said that she has very leftist views, we have already heard these theses from him and said that the united states simply will not survive her presidency. trump called the removal of biden a rebellion against the us president and said that he was the worst president in history, recalled israel, the attack on israel, russia's invasion of ukraine, the chaos in afghanistan, said that world leaders are not intimidated, the president is no longer intimidated the usa, that is why they allow themselves such actions, but if there was a strong president, then this would not have happened, and also trump warned about the threat of nuclear warming in contrast to global warming, he said that ... this news of evil that has formed thanks to president biden, it's iran, the dprk, russia and china, and they also talked about the economy, about deregulation, about natural resources, about domestic topics, ending with musk saying that everyone should support donald trump for

president. maria, mostly this is internal yes question, did they say anything about ukraine in this conversation? i have already mentioned this army of evil that donald trump spoke about. interestingly, he said a lot about... about his relationship with vladimir putin, he said that they have a very good relationship, that putin respects him, that he knows putin very well, and he also said that he also knows zelensky and recalled the telephone conversation , which he had with president zelensky, when he just took office, he reminded that the result of this conversation was impeachment, but not because zelensky, that trump did something wrong, and because there are allegedly crazy people in zelensky's team, i will remind you that the impeachment came because of what is in this conversation. donald trump asked president zelensky to find the compromising material of the son of another candidate, joe biden. he also says that he has repeatedly spoken to putin about ukraine, that putin had long intended to invade ukraine, but trump told him not to do it, that there would be strong consequences, and putin did not do it while trump was there. and he also said that he justified a little

russia's invasion of ukraine, we must have heard this thesis too, it does not correspond to reality. he said that this war was provoked because putin assembled troops on the border with ukraine in order to... trade, and then biden said that ukraine was going to be in nato and that provoked this aggression, he said that all these tough leaders will go to any lengths to protect these countries, their countries, and that's understandable, and he also said that he... hopes to get along with putin again, and that's a good move, not a bad one, well and elon musk replied that indeed such leaders respond to a position of strength, not a position of weakness. maria, in short, what is the influence of elon musk on public opinion in the united states, and what is his role in shaping this opinion in an election year? indeed, this is a very important question, because elon musk is the first owner of a large social network, who showed his political views, who supported donald trump, and now, as experts write, it became clear why he bought the social network twitter in the first place, which for it is there unprofitable, not for profits, but in order

to use it as a croupier to support the candidate he likes donald trump, but it now raises a lot of doubts about the neutrality of this platform and this social network in general. maria, thank you for your analysis, maria ulyanovska was in touch with us, we talked about the conversation between elon musk and donald trump on the social platform "ex". meanwhile, donald trump's campaign blames camelia harris for not having announced her candidacy since gave no public interview. one of those actively spreading this message is trump's running mate, jd vance, who is currently meeting with voters in the us on the campaign trail. his wife usha is traveling with him, having to put her own legal career on hold to do so. analysts say that vance's wife, the daughter of first -generation indian immigrants, also from... will play a unique role in the republican campaign, which will be continued by maria ulyanovska. 38-year-old usha

vance found herself in the spotlight when she represented her husband, jady vance, at the republican national convention. we met jady at law school, where he entered right after ohio state university. the daughter of immigrants from india, usha chelukuri was born in california and grew up in... her profile page on the website of the law firm she worked for states that

usha vance participated in the access to freedom clinic at yale university. there she also worked on an aid project iraqi refugees. in addition, she clerked for supreme court justice john roberts and justice bret cavanaugh, then on the court of appeals. anita mcbright, who once worked as chief of staff to first lady laura bush, says people who know ushua vance hold her in high esteem. they talk about her, she is extremely intelligent, very sociable, gets along with everyone, just a hardworking and pleasant person, and these are exactly the things you want to hear about people who may have representative positions. you know, i think the fact that she's loved says a lot about her nature. usha vance's status as a child of immigrants may help marginalized voters see her husband in a different light. adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook indian food for my

mother. her favorable opinion of him appeals to people from potentially different communities who may not feel that jaydee wenz will understand, support, or protect them. what can await the mother of three children now that she is in the center of attention? people will dig into your background, actions, education, work you have chosen. now all this can be done. jd vance himself says that his wife is not a political person. after her husband became donald trump's partner, usha vance resigned from the law firm. now she is making friends with her husband during the election campaign. remember this promise, and when we win, you can remind me. dora mikver, maria ulyanovska, voice of america. and finally, we are talking about how people

of various professions and origins acquire military skills in training centers civilians in ukraine. since the spring of this year , the center of national resistance in the kyiv region has been teaching volunteers how to properly handle weapons and other skills necessary for fighting for free. there are also private civilian training courses. how such training takes place and who decides to undergo it, learned anna kostyuchenko and... this is training on storming premises in the center of military training for civilian reservists in the kyiv region. one of the cadets is 41-year-old entrepreneur dmytro trutsenko. he moved to kyiv from crimea in 2007 and founded his own business in the capital. however , he is currently preparing for a new profession. i am thinking of joining the ranks of the armed forces. in the last few months, several of my friends have already left. someone is meeting now in britain, someone in

ukraine. i understand that it will probably be very long. and you will still have to take up arms and defend your land, i am from yalta myself, i have not been home for 10 years, so i really want to go back there, the courses for civilians include basic military training skills, there are like one-day shootings from a real weapons, as well as several days of training with airsoft analogues. in general, the program for the courses is developed on the basis of nato recommendations, for example, the troopleading procedures protocol, that is, one-person battle planning, explains one of the instructors, a 24-year-old ex-military student with a call sign. let's bring it to the planning of tasks, some minimal tasks, that is, so that the commander of the platoon section already understands how

the tasks of the military are planned, how they should be performed. a schoolboy from chernihiv joined the azov regiment in 2018, after finishing school, within a year he performed his first combat missions in area of ​​svitlodar arc in donbas. during the full-scale invasion, the russians defended mariupol in urban battles and at the azov steel plant. then he received a bullet wound in the pelvis. the schoolboy was evacuated by helicopter on march 31, 2022. rehabilitation took almost six months, says the man, but he never managed to fully recover. i couldn't unbend my leg, and i would have wasted more time there to at least unbend my leg, and then learn to walk at least with an orthosis, now the orthosis doesn't work, and it probably won't. classes in such courses of basic military training for civilians are paid, from four to 1400 uah, depending on the duration and

complexity, but in the training center for national resistance they teach for free, respectively. the law on the establishment of such centers in ukraine was adopted back in july 21 . the regional center in the kyiv region officially opened only in october last year - says 38-year-old military man volodymyr avdeenko. before the full-scale invasion, he was a crossfit trainer, volunteered with first days he fought near kharkiv with bakhmut solodar until he was wounded in both legs on august 22. after almost a year of rehabilitation , the man took the lead. regional center of national resistance in kyiv region. the first seven-week recruiting training was held in the spring of 2024, he says. since then, about a thousand people have been released, more than 10% of them have already gone to serve in the armed forces of ukraine, - says volodymyr. recruitment training takes place regularly. we know that the war is not over yet, and it is not known how it

will end, and we have enemies on all sides, that's why you need to be able to defend yourself. and here is the idea that all people should already have military, more civilian, but military training. all instructors at the national resistance courses are veterans of the russian-ukrainian war. 25-year-old kyivan yuriy chuhlip worked as a car mechanic before the large-scale invasion of the russians, volunteered to fight in the first days. i was a car mechanic, an ordinary car mechanic, who wasn't even interested in military subjects, because i wasn't really interested in it. ugh. yeah, and... i was just living my beautiful life, me at first i was a machine gunner, when i arrived, this is what happened in the 22nd year, i was appointed to the position of machine gunner, i was a machine gunner in the entire zaporizhia company, and then i was promoted, i became the commander of a unit, during the full-scale war, yuriy fought in zaporizhzhia and donbass, in particular near bakhmut, however, due to a spinal injury he received near

kurdyumivka at the beginning of the 23rd, yuriy was posted and now shares the experience he gained, taking two from... a year, when we taught there, we were taught at the beginning, like who from the 14th year, someone knew something there, but now we are just asking there, for example, to invest in these two days what the best instructors of ukraine have already given us, that is, like, or even when we went there to germany or somewhere else, that is, we took tips and shared experience, the americans also came, we also shared, and we we simply pass on this experience to people, 32-year-old ballet dancer in the virsky ensemble alisa krikunenko is graduating. course in basic military training, her husband has been fighting since the first days, i want to somehow train myself more, more, more, more, because i do not rule out such an option, which is possible. engineering right, that is, we dug trenches, and in our growth, and there starting from the smallest, then

the knee, then our growth, then there was tactical training in handling weapons, there were drones, both fpv and mavic, that is , diverse, now we are going through disguise. the resistance center cooperates with other civilian training centers, in particular, shootings for cadets are conducted by instructors from... we imagined something large-scale, but it goes beyond the scope of this project, because it also creates communities, and friends and they create their own separate circles and travel separately, engage in separate disciplines there on training grounds, fly on drones, so it is already emerging as a national idea, that is, it is expanding from region to region. in addition to kyiv and the region, there are centers of national resistance in transcarpathia and kharkiv. for voice of america from the kyiv region. download

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in the program is the verdict with serhiy rudenko. kursk offensive operation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to successfully push the war onto the territory of the aggressor's country. will putin's disgrace in kursk oblast become a disaster for russian military policy terror threat from belarus. lukashenko ordered tanks to be brought up to the border with ukraine. and sent his military to russia to practice missile strikes. are the armed forces ready to repel an attack from the north? corruption scandals in the government. the deputy minister of energy was detained for taking 500,000 dollars in bribes, and almost 5 million euros in cash were found at the supplier of the ministry of defense. when the planting season will come. glory to ukraine, this is

the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours we are talking about ukraine, about the world, about the war and about our victory. the main issue that has been discussed in the media over the last week, and in particular on the espresso tv channel, is the kursk breakthrough by the armed forces of ukraine. talk today. about this, as well as how ukraine is going to fight the moscow church in ukraine, throughout our broadcast, we will have two studios, the first studio starts now and will be until 21:00, our guests will be volodymyr omeliyan, mykhailo samus and maksym rozumny , in the second studio, which will start at 21:15 in our place will be people's deputies of ukraine, yevgenia kravchuk, rostyslav pavlenko and yaroslav.

guys, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you watch a video of how ukrainian special forces in the kursk region ambushed a truck that was transporting special personnel of the invaders, as a result of a lightning operation, the car was destroyed along with the manpower, let's see how that was all.

friends, throughout our broadcast, we are working on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube. please take part in our survey. today we ask you about this: will the kursk operation of the armed forces of ukraine be a disaster for russia? yes, no, if you watch us on tv with a smartphone or phone and vote on the numbers 0800 211 381, if you think and... believe, as volodymyr zelensky does, that the kurdish operation of the armed forces of ukraine will be a disaster for russia no ( 0800-211-382). please vote, at the end of the program we will sum up the results of this vote. i want to introduce today's first guest, this is volodymyr omelyan, politician, diplomat, serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, former minister of infrastructure of ukraine. mr. volodymyr, i congratulate you, thank you

for being with us today. good evening, mr. sergey, i am also very glad to be your guest. well, first of all, let's start with the situation in kursk region, because during the last week there was a lot of information about what is happening there, how everything is happening there. at first it was more information that came from the russians propaganda channels. already today , volodymyr zelenskyi and oleksandr syrskyi speak directly about the fact that the armed forces of ukraine are conducting an offensive on enemy territory. believes that the kursk operation of the armed forces of ukraine will be a disaster for putin's war against ukraine. let's listen to what and how the president of ukraine says? we see how russia is actually moving under putin. 24 years ago was the kursk disaster, the symbolic beginning of his reign. and now you can see what the final is.